JavaScript
// http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/mobile-patent-suits-graphic-of-the-day/
var links = [
{source: "Microsoft", target: "Amazon", type: "licensing"},
{source: "Microsoft", target: "HTC", type: "licensing"},
{source: "Motorola", target: "Apple", type: "suit"},
{source: "Nokia", target: "Apple", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Kodak", target: "Apple", type: "suit"},
{source: "Microsoft", target: "Barnes & Noble", type: "suit"},
{source: "Microsoft", target: "Foxconn", type: "suit"},
{source: "Oracle", target: "Google", type: "suit"},
{source: "Apple", target: "HTC", type: "suit"},
{source: "Microsoft", target: "Inventec", type: "suit"},
{source: "Samsung", target: "Kodak", type: "resolved"},
{source: "LG", target: "Kodak", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Sony", target: "LG", type: "suit"},
{source: "Kodak", target: "LG", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Apple", target: "Nokia", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Qualcomm", target: "Nokia", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Microsoft", target: "Motorola", type: "suit"},
{source: "Huawei", target: "ZTE", type: "suit"},
{source: "Ericsson", target: "ZTE", type: "suit"},
{source: "Kodak", target: "Samsung", type: "resolved"},
{source: "Apple", target: "Samsung", type: "suit"},
{source: "Kodak", target: "RIM", type: "suit"},
{source: "Nokia", target: "Qualcomm", type: "suit"}
];
var nodes = {};
// Compute the distinct nodes from the links.
links.forEach(function(link) {
link.source = nodes[link.source] || (nodes[link.source] = {name: link.source});
link.target = nodes[link.target] || (nodes[link.target] = {name: link.target});
});
var w = 960,
h = 500;
var force = d3.layout.force()
.nodes(d3.values(nodes))
.links(links)
.size([w, h])
.linkDistance(60)
.charge(-300)
.on("tick", tick)
.start();
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg:svg")
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h);
// Per-type markers, as they don't inherit...